Team Nigeria has finished third on the overall medals table
at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
The athletes amassed 7 medals — four gold and three bronze —
to rank behind Kenya, the host, and Finland at the end of the competition on
Sunday.
The Scandinavians narrowly usurped Nigeria from the second
position with four gold and a silver medal as Kenya topped with 16 medals —
eight gold, one silver and seven bronze.
Team Nigeria won its first gold on the event’s opening day, with the quartet of Chidera Johnson Nnamani, Deborah Opeyemi Oke, Imaobong Nse-Uko and Bamidele Ajayi setting a championship record in the 4×400 meters relay.
The contingent waited till day 3 before securing another
medal. Chinecherem Nnamdi became Nigeria’s first medallist in the field event
at a junior championship since 2002 after he struck bronze in the javelin
event.
On day 4, the youngsters raked in three medals. Nse-Uko
claimed gold in the women’s 400m event after clocking a new personal best of
51.55 seconds.
Udodi Onwuzurike stormed to gold in the men’s 200m to become
the first Nigerian to achieve the feat since Francis Obikwelu won the event in
Sydney in 1996.
Favour Ofili, however, could only finish with bronze behind
Namibia’s duo of Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi in the women’s 200
meters.
Nigeria then won two medals on the championships’ final day
of action.
Praise Ofoku, Favour Ofili, Anita Traviore and Tima GodBless
dipped a time of 43.90 seconds to win bronze in the women’s 4x100m relay event
behind Jamaica and Namibia, who won the gold and silver medals, respectively.
Nigeria’s final golden moment in Nairobi came in the women’s
4x400m relay event.
The quartet of Opeyemi Oke, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Nse-Uko and
Ofili, with a time of 3:31:46 seconds, secured the country’s fourth overall
gold medal.
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